u.s. and china were going to place such an important role. in our overall relationship now or grow to such a gigantic size. he was interested in the trilateral diplomacy and in trying to put the soviets off balance and get them to be more responsive to his policies and his desire to get out of vietnam and his arrangements and so forth. after the soviet union collapsed and the relationship had to survive the great blows to the relationship. he did so on the basis of the people to people context to which he and nixon relegated. and they were quite -- >> the four of us, given china in the early 70s what happened subsequently. >> another question, right here. you mentioned about your visit to the cia to get back ground work. i was wondering to the extent that can you say. what sorts of documents. media that you consume to prepare you. how did you come to understand the culture and the manner. >> if you feel the cia had it right or how did that happen when you were reading or talking with them before you went.

u.s./china relationship forward. rogers comes across as kind of a zeroid in this combination of personalities. but, in fact, rogers played, i think, a fairly important role in that he was -- his advice was listened to very carefully by kissinger and nixon and so forth, when talking about how to frame these issues for the public and for the congress. rogers was kind of the resident rightist on the delegation. i think he was personally humiliated by being left out of the meeting with mao. but zhou enlai made a point of calling on him secretly during the trip, partly to, i think, assuage some of this humiliation but also to find out whether there really was a split in the u.s. delegation, whether the kind of objections that rogers and marshall green had raised meant that the delegation was divided and that this whole thing was going to disintegrate as soon as we got back to the united states. and rogers satisfied him on this score. rogers was a thoroughly grown-up gent. and he did not have the role in the making of fore

experts say china warned the u.s. and south korea against provoking north korea and worsening tensions on the peninsula. south korea's government also said russian president dmitry medvedev called the launch a clear violation of the security council resolution. seoul says bilateral talks with the u.s., china, and russia as useful for increasing pressure on pyongyang. attention is focused on how north korea will react. this is anna jeong from seoul. >> but calling off the launch does not seem to be an option for north korean leaders, at least for now. government officials in seoul say workers are making final preparations at the launch site. the south koreans are tracking activity in tongchang-ri in northwestern korea. they say workers finished a launchpad last year, about three times the size of the one in musudan-ri. they used that for previous ballistic missile tests. the south korean officials say they have analyzed photos from the u.s. surveillance satellite saying workers used a train to bring in an object that a

china joined. that's led to a lot of frustration in congress, the u.s. trade deficit with china was just short of $300 billion last year. lawmakers looked to that and see it as evidence that china is an unfair trader, that's probably not the only explanation for the deficit. you know, but -- but, you know, generally there's just a lot of frustration in the u.s./china relationship right now particularly at a time when u.s. unemployment remains high and policymakers are looking for ways to stimulate employment. >> some background on today's developments, the trade dispute with the european union, u.s. and japan. filing complaints against china. thanks very much for being with us. >> you're welcome. >>> david gregory. >> gst gst. >> chris wallace. >>> sunday tv networks talk show. starting at noon eastern, nbc's "meet the press." abc's "this week." fox news sunday. cbs' face the nation. top issues, key political figures and the journalists roundtable. replays of the sunday tv network talk shows. sundays starting at noon eastern on c-span radio. >> c-span rad

in all these parties, the topic of china-u.s. relations is the most talked-about topic. y to see that last year progress has been made in china-u.s. relationship. we saw a frequent exchange of high-level visits. the president of china, mr. hu jintao, visited america. the and the vice president of this country, mr. biden, visited china in august. this was a very important visit. there is another next week. we saw last year a record growth of our people to people exchange. according to that temporary statistic, in the first nine months of last year, 1.0 7 million chinese tourists visited this country, the biggest increase of 27.7%. more than 2 million american people visited china, which means on average, every day, more than 9000 people are crossing the pacific. nowadays, about 160,000 chinese students are studying here. you have more than 20,000 american boys and girls studying in china. we saw a new record of our bilateral trade. last year, america experted $167.70 billion to china, up by 19%. that makes china and america each other's second-largest trading partner. the

green says the trend to china is one reason molycorp, a large u.s. producer of rare earths, is now expanding overseas. >> the largest producer of rare earths, just last week, announced the intention to buy a company with operations in china, which will actually exacerbate the export of rare earth materials from the u.s. into china, further feeding their supply chain. that's a capability we need to develop here at home. >> reporter: the chinese say they are trying to conserve a scarce natural resource and protect their environment. but the obama administration dismisses those arguments, and seems determined to broaden the pressure on what it calls "unfair chinese trade practices." >> until now, the battleground used to be currency issues and the fact that china was restricting imports of goods from the u.s. and other economies, but now, the battleground has shifted to china's export restrictions. >> reporter: the european union and japan joined the united states in requesting negotiations with china at the world trade organization, a strong signal to c

u.s.-china relationship. given the current problems with our trade relationship with china, it probably wasn't enough. unreasonable to believe that pntr can be extended to russia without a more thorough examination. yes, russia should become part of the law abiding nations. the question is whether the proposed agreement and repeal of jackson vannic got us there. mr. chairman, i hope this is not our last hearing on this subject. >> thank you, senator, very much. i'll turn to our witnesses. first we have mr. samuel allen. who is chairman and ceo of deere & company. i must tell you, mr. allen, as you already know, when i was in russia not long ago, i visited within of your plants there, assembly operations just outside of moscow. and was very impressed with the people and the products that you're selling to russians and helping russian agriculture. i very much appreciate that opportunity. next we have mr. ron pollett. good to see you again, ron. we talked with you over there in russia, moscow not long ago. mr. po

u.s. officials apparently have asked for china's help in keeping the u.s./north korea agreement on track. china chairs party talks on the north's nuclear program and has close relations with the country. u.s. assistant secretary of state curt campbell met with china's vice foreign minister cui tiankai in annapolis, maryland. the state department said they discussed renewing the cooperation on the issues including those involving north korea. nhk's washington correspondent says campbell appears to have asked for china's help in monitoring north korea's implementation of the agreement. >>> u.s. defense secretary says an american soldier could face the death penalty. the soldier is suspected of gunning down 16 civians, most of them children, on sunday in the southern providence of kandahar. the u.s. military is holding him for questioning. panetta on monday said the goal is to try the case within the u.s. military justice and said the death penalty is a possibility. the shooting took place weeks after copies of the quo ran were burned. a u.s. public opinion po

china. and believed that u.s. was not justified in its action to lodge those investigations, because china is regarded as a non-market economy. and after that, we also made a case -- made an appeal to the court of appeals for the federal circuit. by the end of 2011, the court maintained a verdict. so the u.s. was not justified in its action. so if china were in violation of the rule, china would have been urged to correct. but china did not. but recently we have seen that the u.s. congress passed a bill that basically enables the u.s. to lodge investigations on market -- non-market economies, and also traceability was given to 2006 or even before. and, also, the exporters rather than importers, will have to bear the burden of evidence, proof of evidence. so i think the recent movement at the u.s. congress is not in consistency with u.s. laws, and it's not in line with wto rules. so china is making case to the wto, and china did win the case it's the case at the wto. so i hope that the trade enforcement authority co

u.s. and some growth concerns in china. and also following the trade surplus numbers we just had before the markts open here today. but you can see there euro/yen 110.09-14. dollar/yen 83.28-33. also commodity backed currencies such as the australian dollar have seen some assets shift out of those and into the dollar and the yen. and also following last month's bank of japan inflation goal which investors say may still keep the yen on a somewhat weakening trend. we'll keep track of that throughout the day. >> and ramin, more data expected out of the united states later today. >> yeah. definitely, again a focus on jobs. we have the weekly jobless claims numbers. and we have leading indicators. so we'll see that. a lot of expectations are for strong numbers coming out of the u.s. if they're not as strong as many economists had expected, we might see a pullback in stocks. but for now, a little bit of a mixed picture for the nikkei and the topix this thursday morning. >> good stuff. that was ramin mellegard from the tokyo stock

i wanted to ask you how you view discontent to watch china's exchange rate from countries including the u.s. and brazil and can i ask if you can confirm reports that china will cut import taxes on many consumer and actuary goods this year and finally i just wanted to ask your forecast for exports to europe? thank you. [ speaking in foreign language ] [ speaking in foreign language ] [ speaking in foreign language ] >> so i think chinese reporters need to learn from the gentleman from bloomberg. you raise three questions in one sigh will try to be brief and the moderate sir welcome to stop me at any time if she believes that i overshoot the target. with regard to the conference, or the work shop that you mentioned at the end of this month, the relationship between currency and trade. we have noted that the treasury secretary of the u.s. and also ustr have region al -- a letter to its congress that they will try every means and every channel to promote the reform on the exchange rate or currency scheme. i did mention that they were trying to promote reform on the exchange rate. i think this i

china. that is the case in the u.s., but less so in europe. ithe real issue is you have not gotten your financial policy in order. >> think for coming in. you are watching "bbc world news america." still to come -- >> code yellow. code yellow. security alert. >> sailing through dangerous waters. a tanker at dodging pirates off the coast of somalia. >> eating it too much red meat can significantly increase the risk of dying from heart disease and cancer. these of the findings of a study from harvard university which examines the death rate of 120,000 people over two decades. the findings have sparked a debate over how much meat is safe to consume. we have the details behind the science sparking this big fight. >> it may not be that good for us, but a lot of us enjoy it all the same period -- all the sam.e is to be shortening our lives. we know red meat raises our risk to get cancer or heart disease, but a daily portion of red meat raises the risk of premature deaths by 13%. process to meet like bacon's and burger raised it by 20%. >> we have a

u.s./china relationship getting worse. the chinese had no problem vetoing the security council resolution before he came to the united states. i saw u.s. officials feel they have no influence on china on issues. d the chinese swing no capacity to shift their production away from state-e-owd enterprises, 62% of the chinese economy today is state owned enterprises. they d don't run efficient ly. long-term they won't a model for growth for think the country but show no willingness orapacity to move away from them. it is an enormomous challenge. it has been a car with a massive engine driving down a straight road. the road has a big curve coming up we have no idea if they have a steering wheel and i'm skeptical. >> this will take a long time to transition. these are not easy issues when you are talking about an economy that has been driving a certain way for so many years. >> on this issue, i don't see the beginning of transition. i see them talking about it. i don't see them doing anything to prepare for it. a bank had a repo

u.s.. ease of doing business with china, companies can build factories in china compared to the united states where regulation and unnecessary costs make it difficult for them . even steve jobs is saying to president obama make it easier to do business in the u.s.. >> it is an amazing thing coming from a guy who lived in a commune and walked around silicon valley bare foot. >> yes, exactly. and that message to obama is granted there are issues with the factories in china. we are all well away of them. they turned out to be bogus. it doesn't mean al of the issues are bogus. we can get the iphones and ipad. apple can go to the most efficient route for labor and create the devices in the cheapest way possible. that's why we have these devices. it is a testament that we allow companies to pull labor from all over the globe. >> apple has the huge cash hord e, 64 billion of that is outside of the united states. wouldn't it be better if the money was back here and all of the jobs they are creating overseas, they would be better to create it here. >> apple, i agree that the cost of doing business in

representatives from japan, the u.s., china and 50 other countries will take part. leaders are working on a draft of the summit's joint statement. they say nuclear terrorism is one of the greatest threats to security. they say all nations must take responsibility in preventing terrorist organizations from getting their hands on nuclear materials. their draft statement also mentions the accident at fukushima daiichi and the need to address the safety of reactors. north korean officials are warning leaders at the summit not to raise the issue of their nuclear program. they say they will consider any statement as a declaration of war. the state-run korean central news agency said any provocation would go down in history as a heinous crime. it said any provocative act would create an obstacle to the denuclearization of the korean peninsula. south korean leaders want their counterparts at the summit to send a message urging the north to abandon its nuclear ambitions. >>> indian leaders say they are concerned about north korea's plan to launch a satellite. they are urging

u.s.- china relations and the impact of this program, i'm joined by a senior associate from the carnegie program. i want to get to trade wars and this spat in a second. first of all, how critical are these rare earth minerals to world trade? >> they are a vital ingredient in many high range technology items. they're increasingly important. the fact that china has a monopoly is a big issue for the west. we look at the concerns that they would have legitimate concerns to take to the wto because they have done this in such a way that prices for chinese producers are lower than foreign. they have a unfair advantage in this regard. >> they say they are just doing this to respond to domestic demand. >> they say this is being blown out of proportion. china has one-third of the global reserves of these minerals. the bulk line in the west, the united states, canada, australia. they warned two or three years ago the growth supply and production in china would not be adequate to meet global demand. what happened over the last two years? nothing. western producers now find themselves in a situation

u.s.-china relations formed at that time. that's why nixon had a brief mention in his 67 foreign affairs. in 68, our harvard group. they are trying hard to be the first in china. the democrats were split. the administration was we are in vietnam because china is behind it. on the other hand govern and ted kennedy said we need a new china policy. jim thompson and others who saw the need for this were pushing it. henry and company were trying gingerly to take this issue away from the democrats. teddy kennedy went up in may of 71 to see the new ambassador in the hope of being the first to go to china and before nixon and kissinger. the chinese were not having any, especially because ted kennedy refused to say that taiwan was part of china and under beijing's jurisdiction. had he been willing, he might have had a chance to go. this was part of the democrat republican preparation for the 72 election and it was all part of a rising american opinion for china change. they told a group of us in late 66 it was only the full bright comm

come in and they bring the guy out of the right school but he didn't come out of china, he came out of somewhere in the u.s. or europe. so i think american companies and other companies going into china have to figure out, they have to be local. that's not your question. your question is how do they feel. the leadership that i talked to... >> rose: are they worried about any political change. are they worried about the sustainability of the kind of growth they've had? >> they're worried about creating jobs. that's what they're worried about. >> rose: or losing jobs. >> or losing jobs. and they talk about it. they talk about wages in china going up. the competitive edge they've had is not where it was ten years ago. so they're worried about it. someone was telling me the other day in textiles that textiles now are moving to bangladesh and other countries where it's even cheaper. they are worried about it. but, again, worry about it means they're spending serious time trying to figure out what to do. they don't have their head in the sand at all. >> rose: and they want prosperity to increase because more and

slightly dips into the red and that's largely because of slowing consumption in china after the u.s. china is the second biggest consumer of the natural resource as it has a big impact on those prices tensions in iran while pushing them spiking them up earlier on i came moving on we're going to take a look at the exchange rates for this hour the ruble is losing value by the get the greenback and the euro despite those rallying a markets and european currency is moving lower against the u.s. dollar i have more figures for you in about fifty five minutes time stay with us here and i'll see if the headlights. feel. the lumia. it's just so. it's just so. it's. safe. to. thank. wealthy british style sun it's sometimes it's right it's going. to.

the solar industry in both china as well as the u.s. re bracing for even steeper tariffs, more on the order of 20% to 30%. in the event the tariffs were just set at just under 5%. that's offsetting the subsidies that china gives its panelmakers. in china, this man right here, said he wasn't surprised at the lower tariffs but he claims china doesn't give big subsidies. he's president of creia, a major industry group. and notice u.s., a major trade group there claimed a bit of a victory. c.a.s.e., the coalition for affordable solar energy. c.a.s.e. represents solar panel installers. he says 100,000 jobs will be saved because solar panel demand will not be destroyed. looking at the numbers, cheap chinese solar panels do seem to be a source of jobs, half of all solar panels in the u.s. come from china and they'll need installation. a third of u.s. panels are made in the usa. and chinese panel imports into the u.s. as it turns out, have surged in just the past few years. take a look this, between 2012 and 2011 they rose 130% to a value of 2.5

create a huge improvement expected between china and the u.s. when you say you say this will create a huge diplomatic spat between china and the u.s. what about the economic impact all the u.s. sanctions really going to deal a big blow to china. not really because when you look at the china chinese banks except for china which is the. special specialized phone exchange bank so. has said i'm just all over the world but the big banks like. commerce bank china consumption and bengal china. not really strong internationally and basically almost pick banks so he's you fret insentient where for them real is the the. u.s. dollar business only comes highly fraction of the business so that he will not fight for better china is a different story. from thirty percent of the. foreign currency we have per day with me but surely surely washington d.c. would have known that by creating these oil sanctions on iran it would have affected china being the biggest number one consumer of iranian oil a sudden might say it is a possibly a chance here of all of getting

despite concerns the dispute will escalate into u.s. china solar companies push ahead to inso vait and capture more. the panel replaces window and major train station in china. >> window popular. could be the roof or something. if you have protection. >>reporter: boston base american capitol energy was showing off new solar system it installed at tomato grower in southern california. water run off heats the green house and creates energy. >> we are taking out of the water and putting it through the system. they could get the water to 140 degrees with the system we design we are able to get the water to 1 80 degrees. >> innovation is what american solar companies hope. drive more sales and play a competitive field with competitive pricing will fuel more profit. >> excuse me. your tattoo is ringing. just ahead tonight. making sure you never miss another call or text. >> plus next mission to the international space station and silicon valley gadget the astronauts take with them. bay ararea ! here's big news from verizon wireless and xfinity from

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u.s. and china have now agreed to have a coordinated response to if the launch goes through and second this hot mike exchange between president obama and russian president reagan with a bit of discussing missile defense in europe caught on camera. so let's just say the republicans are up in arms about that exchange so here to discuss it all with me is troll rubin director of policy and government affairs at the. thank you so much for joining us here all day here ok before we get into that clip right there overall when we have these and on nuclear security summit what's the point here so we haven't actually get some kind of agreement or anything written down on paper or is everyone just comes together and talks about it's actually a very innovative approach that the obama administration has pursued since two thousand dismissed ration is secured highly enriched uranium from fifteen countries and that's more than was secured in the previous thirteen years the first summit took place here in washington less than two years ago over forty international leaders came together now there are sixty so

prices surged since china put export restrictions in place. the u.s. claims restrictions are unfair and say china is hoarding valuable minerals and beijing ignored their request to end the practice. u.s. president barack obama criticized china for not playing by the rules. >> when it is necessary, i will take action if our workers and our businesses are being subjected to unfair practices. >> japan also accuses china of violating export rules. they say the export quotas and taxes are aimed at giving an advantage at domestic firms. officials say china broke the promises it made when joining the wto. the european union joined the chorus of criticism. it's demanding the immediate release of export restrictions. on tuesday, the chinese foreign ministry defended the country's rare earth policy. >> they said china has the responsibility to protect the environment and the country's natural resources. the chinese government controls both protection and export of rare earth minerals. it says it needs to prevent environmental damage from mining activities. but so

challenging china, the u.s. prepares to mount a fresh trade case against beijing's restrictions on rare earth exports. >>> going against boeing. u.s.'s sold subsidies were unfair but it still claims victory over the eu. >> and tensions rise in silicon valley as yahoo! sues facebook over a series of alleged infringements. >>> we start with the markets. cautious buying across equity markets tonight. investors look forward to guidance from the u.s. fed chief ben bernanke. the central bank is holding rates and monetary policy steady as the u.s. federal reserve is expect to do as well. charles, how is it looking in the european markets? they just opened, haven't they? >> yes, here we are paris cac currant, straight up there, up by 0.75%. just to have a look at the dax, up about 0.3%. same is true for the zurich smi. the ftse up by nearly 0.6%. clearly, the focus is on the macroeconomy. it doesn't seem to be too bad. also in terms of monetary policy, not too many worries. meanwhile we've had the euro group finance min

u.s. and china have agreed to a court action if they can go ahead of this launch i mean they actually are a lot well military action does not seem to be on the table it's really a last resort issue that's not being contemplated but china has leverage inside north korea there's a leadership struggle underway right now it's not clear who's really calling the shots but china has inroads and can really influence the way that decisions are made because if this agreement that was made several weeks ago falls through and food aid is cut off it will create damage for the leadership inside north korea china doesn't want to see that they don't want to see any refugee flows over their border so they may engage more aggressively i don't want to talk about this this clip this mike little exchange that we saw between president paid if people are freaking out about it you know what he says basically when it comes to the issue of missile defense back down for a little while let's deal with this election and then i'll have more political leverage more politically way is that right but obviously it would b